International Volunteer Program

Our subject in class today was people that had a gap year and during it went traveling abroad for a volunteer work that envolves helping environment, kids, elderly people, constructing houses. I plan on doing a program like that in the future and would like it to envolve repressed woman, children in need or people with aids. Africa is the main place where people are going to volunteer because there is the place with a lot of these issues.
Searching more about the programs I've seen that they begin since one week until 1 year of duration, and the most popular are the summer program, when people give up on going to the beach to have fun or just relaxing in home to help people that are really in need. These programs are not cheap, they are usually expensive, so why volunteering? If you have at least a little experience with making others feel good, you should know that it is good for both, sometimes even more to you. Besides that, seeing how people in need live and how they behave makes that one who helps give more value to his own things and life.

One Week Later

I've been here for a little more than a week now and a lot have already happened... I was without access to photos, that's why I'm taking so long to post.

My flight, as usual, was really boring and I heard to all the playlists and music that I didn't even know I had on my iPod. I arrived really early at the Newark Airport, EF picked me up there and I got to the school.

My dormitory is good, not the best that I've seen here, but still in a good building and a nice room. My roomates are from Colombia, Chile and Holland. I think the hardest part in it is sharing the space for clothes, I'm trying my best to be more organized or the mess comes up in 15 minutes.

I think that getting homesick will take a little longer, because it's all about news in here: meeting new people, shopping, exploring the city.. But in some point I can be sure: I miss food from Brazil. The food here is bad, we have a lot of options in the school's cafeteria, but they all seem without taste and the same. At least the cookies are great!

On the second day here I went to Manhattan with my roomate and on the third day we had a meeting about how everything works here, the rules and classes schedule. And later that day we had a tour in Manhattan and went to the top of the rockfeller.